[img]https://i.imgur.com/ndDWwod.png[/img] [hider=Historical Snapshots][centre][img]https://i.imgur.com/bevVxHk.jpg?1[/img] [i]Men! Wull ye follow me?[/i][/centre] [list][*]~8,500 BCE[indent]First human habitation. [hider=Detail]First human habitation is evident from this period when early humans made the oversea crossing during the last ice age - it is possible that they were escaping threats on the mainland.[/hider][/indent] [*]~4,000-3,500 BCE[indent]Dwellings, farming, animal domestication, fishing, waterfaring vessels, ritual burial, polytheistic religion, tribalism, [url=http://www.specialx.net/specialxdotnet/burntbones_images/Stonehenge1.jpg]stone circles[/url] all present. [hider=Detail]Stone houses and farming first appear. Denizens of the Isles kept cattle, farmed barley & wheat, gathered shellfish, and engaged in pole & line fishing from boats. Grooved pottery appeared in the period, and chambered cairn tombs appear to have been developed. The earliest pottery depictions of a female goddess with a head of saffron date back from this time. Even from this early period, people appear to have been very connected, suggesting that the clans were present or were at a developed point in their formation. A unique hallmark of early Sidarid culture that has endured are monuments in the form of standing stones, ranging from monuments of one large stone to monuments of hundreds of stones placed in complex shapes and piled on each other to create rudimentary arches. The early function of [url=http://www.specialx.net/specialxdotnet/burntbones_images/Stonehenge1.jpg]stone[/url] circles may have been to commemorate the end of clan feuds or wars and to honour the war goddess. In the modern day they function as shrines to the Bear Mother Seihdhara and to other gods or spirits, as peaceful sanctuaries where arbitration between feuding parties can take place, and as gathering places during festivals, celebrations, and in preparation for war.[/hider][/indent] [*]~2,000 BCE-1000 BCE[indent]The bronze age arrives in Sidara around 2000 BCE, and hillforts begin appearing from around 1,500 BCE. Clan hillfort settlements become an established part of Sidarid culture and society by 1,000 BCE.[/indent] [*]~900-400 BCE[indent]The onset of the Iron Age. Age of forts and defended farmsteads, as well as quarrelsome clan confederations, petty tribal kingdoms, and the quick rise and fall of clan warlords. [hider=Detail]The onset of the Iron Age in Sidara occurs around 900 BCE, initiating an age of forts and defended farmsteads, as well as quarrelsome clan confederations, petty tribal kingdoms, and the quick rise and fall of clan warlords. Huge numbers of small duns, hillforts, and ring forts were built on any suitable crag or hillock during this period, moreso than in the past where single hillforts were the norm for a clan. Brochs are also first constructed in this period. Many souterrain underground galleries (functioning as food stores or hiding places during times of strife) and passageways were constructed to ease movement and communications when the surface was compromised or too dangerous. Island settlements linked with land by a causeway, the so-called crannogs, also became common and served a primarily defensive purpose.[/hider][/indent] [*]403 BCE[indent]Morghul Dominion aka the [i]ap Morig[/i] invade Sidara alongside their lumbering, [i]Alluidh[/i]-riding green minions - the [i]ap Gynurk[/i] (ancient orcs). [hider=Detail]In their eternal hunger for expansion, the denizens of the so-called Morghul Dominion (whose race is referred to by Sidarids as the [i]ap Morig[/i]) extended their hands towards Sidara. The initial invasion by these eldritch beings and their lumbering, [i]Alluidh[/i]-riding green minions - the [i]ap Gynurk[/i] (ancient orcs) - was really nothing more than a raid, but eventually hordes of the [i]ap Gynurk[/i] landed, led by their eldritch overlords, and the Sidarid clans - disunited and ever embroiled in internal wars and feuds - could do nothing before their dread horror.[/hider][/indent] [*]393-7 BCE[indent]The period of Sidarid subjugation to the [i]ap Morig[/i]. By 10 BCE the power of the [i]ap Morig[/i] had largely waned, and their last strongholds fell to Sidarid clans in 7 BCE. Now the [i]ap Morig[/i] occupy a position directly opposed to the gods in the Sidarid weltanschauung, and are the manifestations of all things evil. [hider=Detail]The period of Sidarid subjugation to the [i]ap Morig[/i]. Various parts of the Isles fell into the power of the [i]ap Morig[/i] over the centuries, but never all of the Isles at any one point. Their rule was always hindered by constant clan risings and rejection of foreign subjugation, as well as invasions by clan confederations that retained or had re-established their independence. Many myths and legends are told about this period, foremost amongst them being legends of Cliodhna the War-chieftess and the war of vengeance she waged against the [i]ap Morig[/i]. [indent][i]Cliodhna was a Clan Mwryfin warrioress whose husband, Paelug, had decided to submit to the [i]ap Morig[/i] rather than fight them. While this decision bought Clan Mwryfin some respite from the incessant [i]ap Morig[/i] attacks, it proved exceptionally unpopular with the clan. Paelug would eventually die under mysterious circumstances, leaving leadership of the tribe to his daughters, and naming the mysterious overlord of the [i]ap Morig[/i] co-chief with them. The idea of [i]sharing[/i] power - with women! - was clearly viewed as an affront by the [i]ap Morig[/i], and so they struck out to educate the 'savages' on their place in the hierarchy. Cliodhna, to whom the daughters had an obligation of obedience, was now the effective Chieftess, and so was publicly flogged by the [i]ap Morig[/i] and her daughters raped. Her honour injured and her people thirsting for freedom and revenge, the Chieftess assembled her forces and waged relentless war against the [i]ap Morig[/i], inflicting humiliating defeats upon them and razing to the ground a number of the major cities they had established on the Isles. She eventually met her match at the Battle of Foul Finn's Field, and many members of Clan Mwryfin perished. The clan was eventually exterminated in its entirety. Cliodhna's exact fate is undetermined, though it is said the [i]Arwynden[/i] know but have refrained from making it public knowledge. It has passed into Sidarid folklore that, having survived Foul Finn's Field with her daughters, the Queen escaped across the veil into the spirit realm and will return with the warriors of Clan Mwryfin when the eschatological final battle against the [i]ap Morig[/i] draws nigh.[/i][/indent] By 10 BCE the power of the [i]ap Morig[/i] had largely waned, and their last strongholds fell to Sidarid clans in 7 BCE. The memory of their first invasion by foreign forces, and the horror of the [i]ap Morig[/i], has left an indelible mark on Sidarid culture and ways - for the [i]ap Morig[/i] occupy a position directly opposed to the gods in the Sidarid weltanschauung, and are the manifestations of all things evil.[/hider][/indent] [*]4-20 CE[indent]Sidara would not be free from foreign presence for long, the first incursions by proto-Anvegadians begin around this time, and various Anvegadian coastal settlements begin cropping up.[/indent] [*]17 CE[indent]The first landing of Kratorian settler-explorers in Sidara, coming about as a result of a growing rivalry on the mainland between Kratoria and the Anvegadian realms. A small Kratorian presence is established.[/indent] [*]40 CE[indent]Anvegad is united for the first time and the Anvegadian Empire is established.[/indent] [*]46 CE[indent]First full-scale invasion of Sidara by Anvegad. The Sidarids resist, but the Anvegadians ultimately gain a larger foothold.[/indent] [*]50-310 CE[indent]Kratorian and Anvegadian conquests expand rapidly. Independent elements continued to exist. Clan risings common in conquered areas. [hider=Detail]Kratorian and Anvegadian conquests expand rapidly. Their progress is hampered due to also fighting each other, but they ultimately expand at the expense of the Sidarids. As with the [i]ap Morig[/i] before, the Isles in their entirety are never completely subjugated and independent elements continued to exist, launching campaigns against both invaders periodically. Clan risings were also common in conquered areas.[/hider][/indent] [*]109 CE[indent]The Rape at Byc. The massacre of a group of [i]Wyndyn[/i] on Isle a’Cheimbyc during a period of general persecution of [i]Wyndyn[/i] by the invaders.[/indent] [*]136-138 CE[indent]The [i]Treiwynd[/i] Rising against invaders. Practised human sacrifice. Crushed brutally. [hider=Detail]The [i]Treiwynd[/i] Rising against Kratorian occupation. A zealous group of [i]Treiwyndyn[/i] appear to have gathered together a group of clans under the banner of the 'true and ancient faith' of the Sidaric people. This involved the 'rejuvenation' of human sacrifice, including wicker man burning, hanging, beheading, drowning, and immolation. The Rising is crushed in a particularly brutal manner. It must be noted that Kratoria never considers Sidara to be a major front and dedicates a relatively minute amount of resources to its conquest - much of the conquering is in fact carried out under the auspices of private Kratorian individuals rather than the state itself - though the state permitted, even licensed, their endeavours.[/hider][/indent] [*]314-29 CE[indent]Griffri the Bear of Clan ap-Filigin campaigns against the invaders. [hider=Detail]Griffri the Bear leads Clan ap-Filigin in one of the first successful campaigns to have a permanent effect in liberating Sidarids from the foreigners. His nearly two decades spent fighting the Kratorians and Anvegadians would later be canonised in the seventh-century epic poem known as [i]ih'Griffeada[/i].[/hider][/indent] [*]330-456 CE[indent]Anvegad and Kratoria effectively abandon their Sidarid holdings. Isles back in clan hands by 456 CE. [hider=Detail]The hold of the foreigners on Sidara wanes, with both Anvegad and Kratoria appearing to have effectively abandoned their Sidarid holdings, and the Isles are completely back in clan hands by 456 CE, when Fife-Aena-Seaside is liberated and the foreigners are thrown back into the sea whence they came.[/hider][/indent] [*]457-1066 CE[indent]Free period sees rise of various realms. Most influential are the Confederacy of Esher, the Haiho Kingdom, and the Clans of Aujvint. [hider=Detail]This ensuing period witnessed various wars aimed at unifying the clans, and various petty clan kingdoms and confederations arose - larger than any that existed during the Iron Age. Of these, the most influential were the Confederacy of Esher, headed by Clan Esher, the Haiho Kingdom - under Clan Haiho - and the Clans of Aujvint, wrought together by Clan Aujvint. Hundreds of other clans either held onto their clan-lands and independence or otherwise formed looser alliances to protect themselves.[/hider][/indent] [*]954 CE[indent]The bardic order, the [i]Cumannfil[/i], is formed.[/indent] [*]1066 CE[indent]Emperor Roland of Anvegad invades Sidarid Isles. [hider=Detail]Emperor Roland of Anvegad landed at [i]Roland's Landing[/i] with a mighty force and set about subjugating the Confederacy of Esher. His intention was to achieve something none before had managed: the conquest of the Sidarid Isles in their entirety.[/hider][/indent] [*]1066-70 CE[indent]Clan Esher and the Esheran Confederation resist Anvegad but are defeated. [hider=Detail]Clan Esher and the Esheran Confederation wage a bloody war of resistance against the Anvegad incursion but are ultimately defeated. Tales of the tragic Clan Esher hero Der-Ilei Bridu stem from this time.[/hider][/indent] [*]1071-80 CE[indent]Emperor Roland continues and completes conquest of the Isles. [hider=Detail]Emperor Roland continues beyond the clan-lands of Clan Esher to the Haiho Kingdom and the Clans of Aujvint. Other minor peoples and major clans are conquered or swayed to side with the invading Emperor. Clan Haiho and Clan Aujvint tales from the period speak of great heroes, great valour, and great tragedy.[/hider][/indent] [*]1127-34 CE[indent]Mad Galam's Rebellion. [hider=Detail]Mad Galam, son of chief Haeini of Clan MgGrregah, leads a concentrated insurgency in the mountainous regions of MgGrregah clan-lands. With the mountains to hide in, Mad Galam and his men strike terror and fear into the hearts of Anvegadian soldiers and settlers. The reason for his uprising has become the subject of jests and legends, but one particularly popular story relates that an Anvegadian settler stole one of Galam's goats and slaughtered it for food. Enraged by this thievery, Mad Galam then declared his eternal war on the lot of them. Today the phrase "go a' Galam" refers to an, often violent, over-reaction to something or someone - 'Finor tripped up Balar, then Balar gaed a' Galam oan his head'. 'He bolted intae a dyke 'n' hurt his foot, sae he gaed a' galam oan it wi' a hammer'.[/hider][/indent] [*]1134 CE[indent]Mad Galam slain at Galam's Stand. [hider=Detail]Mad Galam is finally slain at what is today called Galam's Stand. The highland warrior had descended from the safety of his mountains to meet with his beloved Ailen in a secret cottage in Aeld Aega's forests off the Blaejays river. Unbeknownst to him a treacherous lumberjack whom Galam had at one point or another humiliated had reported his frequent excursions to the authorities. The highland clansman was ambushed there but was able to fight his ambushers off for a time and escape with Ailen. However, the two were eventually cornered atop a hill and there, claymore in hand and loosing the mountain-bear's song, Galam made his final stand.[/hider][/indent] [*]1243 CE[indent]The Blood-head rising, headed by Flame-blessed Aimhirghin of Clan Esher. [hider=Detail]The Blood-head rising, headed by Flame-blessed Aimhirghin of Clan Esher. The Blood-heads would survive as an underground resistance group sustained and aided by various clans until the successful war of liberation - when they would be formed into an elite regiment of the Sidarid military and eventually expand into the division they are today.[/hider][/indent] [*]1451 CE[indent]Across the seas, Etresna (which would become a thorn in the Anvegadian side) unites.[/indent] [*]1453-62 CE[indent]Great Southern War between Etresna and the Kratorian Empyreum. [hider=Detail]The newly united Etremaden realm comes into swift conflict with the Kratorian Empyreum. Dubbed the Great Southern War, it would be a brutal encounter between a giant of the time and a plucky, but vicious, newcomer on the scene. Tens of millions would perish in one of the most horrifying conflicts history has ever seen.[/hider][/indent] [*]1494-1559 CE[indent]Period of instability culminating in rebellion in 1559 spear-headed by the Blood-heads. Blood-head leader, Roinseach of Clan Esher (a descendant of Flame-blessed Aimhirghin) becomes a rallying figure. [hider=Detail]There is increasing chaos and disorder across the Isles as greater and greater numbers of Sidarids carry out acts of sabotage and murder against Anvegadian targets, culminating in an all-out rebellion in 1559 spear-headed by the Blood-heads. The leader of the Blood-heads, Roinseach of Clan Esher (a descendant of Flame-blessed Aimhirghin), swiftly becomes a rallying figure for people across the Isles.[/hider][/indent] [*]1592 CE[indent]After three decades of war, Sidara is declared free and a [i]Duthchas[/i] (great council of all the clans of Sidara) declares her rightful [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] (Queen). The United and God-given [i]Righachd[/i] of Sidara is established. Anvegad switches to a naval blockade to contain the threat. [hider=Detail]After three decades of war, Sidara is declared free and a [i]Duthchas[/i] (great council of all the clans of Sidara) is convened. At it, Roinseach is declared the avatar of the goddess of war and rightful [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] (Queen). The United and God-given [i]Righachd[/i] of Sidara is thus established. While Anvegad continues to devote a not inconsiderable amount of effort to putting down the rebellion (for it did not recognise Sidara's independence), piracy by converted Sidarid merchant ships on essential supply depots between Anvegad and Sidara, as well as ongoing Etramaden raids to take advantage of Anvegadian distraction, dictate the reality of force-projection of ground forces, and Anvegad switches to a naval blockade for containment at the time until other threats closer to home are dealt with.[/hider][/indent] [*]1593-5 CE[indent]Episode of the Malcontents. [i]Bhaenrhig[/i]Roinseach is forced to deal with malcontents who had not cast their votes for her at the [i]Duthchas[/i]. [i]Duthchas[/i] becomes official advisory body representating the clans. In time, the [i]Duthchas[/i] become a directly elected parliament. An ancient ritual, called the [i]Hyscadal[/i] (‘the Bull’s Vision’), is reinstated after to solidify the [i]Bhaenrhig's[/i] position and bolster her legitimacy. [hider=Detail][i]Bhaenrhig[/i] Roinseach is forced to deal with some malcontents who had not cast their votes for her at the [i]Duthchas[/i]. It is agreed that a [i]Duthchas[/i] should always be in session to act as an advisory body to the [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] and as a permanent representative of the interests of the realm's clans. In time, the [i]Duthchas[/i] would grow into a directly elected parliament (though still referred to as the [i]Duthchas[/i]). This would come to be known in Sidarid history as the Episode of the Malcontents. An ancient, likely mythological, ritual, called the [i]Hyscadal[/i] (‘the Bull’s Vision’), is reinstated after the Episode so as to solidify the [i]Bhaenrhig's[/i] position and bolster her legitimacy beyond further challenge.[/hider][/indent] [*]1613-18 CE[indent]First Anvego-Sidarid War. Ends in effective stalemate. Both sides claim victory. [hider=Detail]With the development of preserved foods and new logistics bases, Anvegad decides the time is right to attempt a full-scale naval invasion to put down its errant colony. New Anvegad Ships-of-the-Line effectively crush the fledgling Sidarid navy at the Battle of Toran Reef and the Battle of Roland's Landing Bay, giving them free reign to land troops. However the quality of Anvegad's new navy is not matched by the still hereditary army officer cadre, who anticipated a simple native put-down rather than organised resistance. While the navy and marines inflict serious damage on nearly every coastal city, Anvegad fails to achieve any of its inland objectives, as it is thwarted by [i]Caennard[/i] Andras' brutal counter-attacks and containment of near all Anvegadian forces on the Isles. Nevertheless, Anvegadian troops showed immense bravery and mettle at the Battle of Caernyth Hills, and the final stand of the Anvegadian General Aiden Garroway is praised even in Sidarid songs and tales. The war would "end" like the original colonial insurrection after Anvegad faced a local brew-up in one of its many vassal states, forcing a recall of its navy with the expedition considered a "victory" in putting down the insurrection, crushing the pirates, and smashing all the ports despite stiff resistance. Meanwhile Sidara claimed victory for emerging triumphant in every land battle and humiliating its oppressor. But it is forced to face the grim reality: without a proper navy to resist Anvegad, the threat of invasion will be ever looming and it would be locked always on the defensive. And next time Anvegad's army would likely not be so incompetent.[/hider][/indent] [*]1626 CE[indent]Crisis of 1626 -- sinking of the [i]Teginaed[/i], Sidara's first attempt to construct a purpose-built ship-of-the-line. [hider=Detail]Crisis of 1626 -- sinking of the [i]Teginaed[/i] off the Rosaec coast by Anvegadian privateers. The [i]Teginaed[/i] was Sidara's first attempt to construct a purpose-built ship-of-the-line so as to face Anvegad on even terms at sea. After a few early engagements against Anvegadian privateers, the design and her crew seemed successful. In mid-1626, however, a squadron of six privateers descended upon her all at once. Details from the survivors of the [i]Teginaed[/i] and the lone surviving Anvegadian privateer commanded by Captain Gora Hawthorne are contradictory, but all are agreed that the [i]Teginaed[/i] was sunk by the numerous light ships. The sinking of Sidara's prize ship led to crisis in the [i]Duthchas[/i] and accusations of treachery against certain clans. A great clan war appeared on the verge of erupting, but swift and fortuitous manoeuvring on the part of the [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] of the time, Aelwyd, and Clan Esher ensured the crisis was contained. Instead, the shock and fury caused by the sinking was utilised to push forward the [i]Bhaenrhig's[/i] ambitious navy-construction plans. After all, despite its ultimate demise, the [i]Teginaed[/i] had proven an astounding success of Sidarid shipbuilding, combining age-old designs with those learned or stolen from Anvegad over the centuries. Meanwhile the Anvegadian Admiralty's own after-action review of the [i]Teginaed's[/i] sinking judged that the ship sank due to a lucky magazine detonation, and that the era of unrestricted privateers was coming to a close even if they continued to hold the seas for now. With intelligence on the presence of expanded Sidarid shore batteries, the naval raiding strategy of the First Anvego-Sidarid War was untenable and the development of more Sidarid ships-of-the-line could at best be delayed, not prevented. New strategies were devised to ensure victory when Anvegad next decided to put the rebels in their place - but after Anvegad settled the more pressing matter of trade disputes that had arisen with Kratoria.[/hider][/indent] [*]1632 CE[indent]First contact between Sidara and Faenaria leads to healthy trade and a developing friendship. [hider=Detail]The Bank of Glass initiates a policy of financing regular trade fleets. Enormous treasure fleets begin to set sail yearly, banding together to share supplies and fight off pirates and sea monsters. Many of these treasure ships head to tried and tested ports, like those of Kratoria, but others exhibit an adventuring spirit and head into the great unknown. In late summer, one such treasure fleet makes first contact with Sidarid fishermen. The clansfolk are stunned by the creatures of myth and legend aboard the ships. Despite the language barrier, the fishermen manage to lead the fleet towards Glenmagar, from where the young [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] Parhaigen ruled Sidara. The language barriers were soon traversed, for an [i]Arwyndyn[/i] who knew the Faenarian tongue was quickly found. The young [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] and many Sidarids were awestruck by the beauty and wealth that the Faenarians brought forth. This would mark the beginning of the first phase in Faenaro-Sidarid trade. The Faenarians would enjoy a near-monopoly on imports and exports (limited in nature as those naturally were at the time). Despite Anvegadian attempts to disrupt this trade and sabotage the newly-forged relationship, trade and commerce between Sidara and Faenaria would continue uninterrupted until the Faenarian Banking Crisis decades later in 1663. The encounter, short-lived though it was, would have a lasting impact on Sidarid approaches to business and trade, and would contribute to the the Sidarid Enlightenment of the eighteenth century and the eventual creation of Clan-Companies. The wealth brought back by Faenaria's returning treasure ships is stored in vaults beneath the Bank of Glass.[/hider][/indent] [*]1651 CE[indent]The Great Decree of 1651 issued fixing every clan's clan-lands into permanent, untransferrable property of the clan. All land not delineated as clan-land becomes crown land. [hider=Detail]The Great Decree of 1651 is issued after nearly a decade of careful delineation and consultation with every clan in the realm. The Great Decree fixes every clan's clan-lands, and makes these clan-lands the permanent, untransferrable property of the clan as a whole. Individuals from a clan may own and make use of the land, and it may even pass into the hands of those not of the clan, but the land remains clan-land and can at any point be reclaimed and redistributed as the clan sees fit. All land not delineated as clan-land automatically became crown land with the passage of the Decree. Crown land is effectively public property and can be used freely, but the [i]Bhaenrhig[/i] can ultimately reclaim and redistribute it at will, or designate it be used only for particular purposes (e.g. grazing land, farming land). The Decree is revolutionary and effectively marks the crown's ultimate authority over the clans.[/hider][/indent] [*]1667-71 CE[indent]Second Anvego-Sidarid War. [i]Rhig[/i] Cadfael slain and Aenfys, his infant son installed as new [i]Rhig[/i] and made to agree to a treaty of vassalage. [hider=Detail]Finally able to free up a battle-fleet and finish the new "Skyhammer" class shore bombardment ships using new magical-clockwork recoil systems to manage the giant siege howitzer mounted on their prow, Anvegad initiates the second Anvego-Sidarid War with a bang by directly assaulting its largest naval base and shipyard at Fife-Aena-Seaside. While bad timing and luck results in Sidara's fleet largely being away, Anvegad is able to smash the shore batteries and land troops once again, this time with a heavier proportion of artillery and veteran troops from the border wars against Kratoria. Due to the demands of threats closer to home and Sidara's frantic shipbuilding efforts, the Anvegad fleet is forced to fight on near-equivalent terms, while having to defend invasion transports, shore-bombards, and supply ships. With Sidarid ships focusing on preventing further landings and making use of a strategy of lightning raids and ambushes at sea, the clans rallied behind the newly-crowned [i]Rhig[/i] Cadfael and sallied against the invasion force under General Whiteforge. 'We'll shaw thaim whit we shawed Garroway!' was the Sidarid cry. Unlike Garroway, Whiteforge emphasised an unusual pattern of "strategic offence, tactical defence", rushing to a few specific vital towns and ports ahead of Sidarid forces and entrenching at each strong-point. While taxing on his soldiers, he was able to deny Sidara any decisive victories unless they were willing to pay the crimson price. Taken aback by Whiteforge's aggressive tactics (for they had expected an invasion force to be more cautious on enemy land), the Sidarids suffered numerous setbacks - the worst of them at Eigen's Fort, dangerously close to the Sidarid capital, where Whiteforge had managed to fortify the abandoned hillfort and rained fire and iron on the Sidarid flank when their armies clashed. It was the closest thing to a rout a Sidarid army had suffered since the times of Roland. [i]Rhig[/i] Cadfael managed to rally the troops, however, and conducted a somewhat dignified retreat to lick his wounds and work out a new way to dislodge this fearsome invader. For a while, Whiteforge was unusually idle despite having a clear path to the Sidarid capital of Glenmagar, but when he resumed the march, Sidarid scouts discovered why: unable to get to the capital before [i]Rhig[/i] Cadfael could regroup, Whiteforge instead opted to dismount a pair of siege howitzers from the Skyhammers to use as heavy artillery against the capital's defences. With tactical subtlety out of the window, Whiteforge opted for bringing the biggest hammer possible while freeing up the embattled navy from having to escort the lumbering warships as the vicious sea battle wore on with heavy losses on both sides. In the early hours of a winter's day in 1670, as the war raged on land and sea, a motley band made up of men from Clan M'Hnaen and Clan Sirjin, led by Crimson Conn, conducted a daring and now-legendary strike to take out the Anvegadian Skyhammers. Expressly forbidden by the [i]Rhig[/i], the forbidden nature of the mission had only made the band more convinced to do it. Crimson Conn and his men had been carrying out raids against the artillery's supply train for months, so much so that the Anvegadians had come to expect them and were much of the time ready for them. However, they had never expected an attack on the Skyhammers themselves - such a thing was as crazy as it was improbable. And that, more than anything, was the reason behind the blazing success of the raid. The explosion of the first Skyhammer could be heard for miles around, and was so big that the other Skyhammer was permanently damaged and had to be abandoned. The battered remains of the abandoned siege gun would one day stand in [i]the Sidarid War Museum[/i] in Glenmagar as a monument to the glorious deed. Though Crimson Conn was captured and many of his men died in the blast, the act of foolhardy bravery and unparalleled valour cost Whiteforge his ace in the hole, and bought time for the defenders to be fully prepared for his conventional artillery. Despite this, Whiteforge dutifully marched onward and began setting up siege positions on the capital with his regular batteries, before calling the Sidarids to parley. Applauding their courage, resistance, and heroism against the odds, Whiteforge appealed to them to face reality: Anvegad controlled the sea, artillery was on the verge of bombarding their capital, and even without his siege guns he could lay waste to it. If Sidara surrendered and returned to the Empire as a vassal state, rather than a colony, and agreed to military bases, he promised respectable treatment and a degree of home rule. Cadfael would go down in history as a 'true Sdarid man' with his infamous retort: 'A'm Cadfael o' Clan Esher. Gang back tae Anvegad 'n' tell yer masters this- Seihdhara is free!' Whiteforge simply responded, "Very well. Master Gunner, open fire." Without the Skyhammers, Whiteforge's siege was incomplete and Cadfael was able to get the majority of the civilians and precious treasures out, but the guns took a terrible toll on the defenders nonetheless. When Cadfael was killed by shrapnel from a blast, the remaining forces broke and Aenfys, a mere babe of four years, was installed as the new [i]Rhig[/i] and made to agree to the Anvegadian terms. Navy-wise, the conflict would end with word of the declaration of negotiation reaching the two forces right after they had disengaged from the worst naval battle of the war, under stormy conditions that cost Anvegad its remaining third Skyhammer even before the battle started and almost flooded several Sidarid warships when they tried to use their lowest gunports. While indecisive, the skill and bravery displayed by both fleets became the basis of mutual respect, furthered by Admiral Tayber's decision to rescue stranded Sidarid sailors instead of letting them drown. "These men deserve a better fate than death by this hellstorm!" The act was mirrored by a few other Sidarid captains - not out of any great concern for Anvegadian lives, but honour demanded it. As it were, Sidara was now once more under Anvegadian rule, to the chagrin of many a proud highlands warrior.[/hider][/indent] [*]1692 CE[indent]Faenarian vessels escaping the Mad Queen's persecution in Kratoria find safety and refuge in Sidara.[hider=Detail]In Kratoria the civil war rages. Loyalist troops seize the Faenarian customs houses and confiscate their goods and coin. Merfolk and Rahuri are killed in anti-Faenarian pogroms while the Summer Trade Fleet is attacked by the Imperial Navy- nine of the twenty-seven ships are sunk, five are captured, and thirteen are forced to retreat, eventually finding their way to the Sidarid Isles for aid and reconstruction. The Anvegadian Military-Governor Whiteforge, known as the Cannon-Forged Governor, was by this time old and ailing, not entirely in control of Sidara. Indeed, the politically intuitive and fiercely intelligent young [i]Rhig[/i] Aenfys had managed to run rings around the old man, while managing to delude him into thinking Aenfys to be a pliable and loyal puppet. The Faenarian fleet was welcomed at Baena's Bay and every help and luxury that could be afforded them was. This proved an excellent opportunity for Sidara to re-establish relations with an old friend and secretly study Faenarian ship designs to improve upon the fleet they were building right under Anvegad's nose. Once the Faenarian vessels were repaired and all their sick and injured had been cared for (those that were not beyond saving, of course), they were sent off home laden with gifts and messages of friendship and goodwill. Due to the events that followed in Sidara, the newly rekindled relationship could not, unfortunately, be properly maintained and built-upon.[/hider][/indent] [*]1684-1725 CE[indent]Tensions as Sidara attempts to secretly militarise in order to break off Anvegadian overlordship. [hider=Detail]As the [i]Rhig[/i] Aenfys grows, he develops a certain distaste for Anvegadians (aided along, no doubt, by his mother's tales of his father's heroic demise fighting Anvegadians to the death). The [i]Rhig[/i] at first continued to abide by the vassalage agreement, sending tribute on an annual basis and permitting the Anvegadians unrestricted access to ports and permission to construct military bases. In 1684, the now fourteen-year-old [i]Rhig[/i] failed to pay the full tribute for the first time. 'Th' times ur pernicketie, th' economy is suffering,' he excused himself. Military-Governor Whiteforge took this first instance at face-value, dismissing any intent of intrigue possibly coming from a "boy", and was also excused by the Throne of Anvegad with a given mandate to focus more on keeping Sidara compliant than profitable, for Anvegad had other fires in the east to put down at the time; war loomed with Etresna. Aenfys on the other hand took a different lesson from Whiteforge's conciliatory response (the old General had even offered some Anvegadian advisers to assist Sidara economically): that it was possible to deceive the Cannon-Forged Governor. Aenfys' habit of flouting the tribute requirements would come to a head when Whiteforge was forced to retire in 1693 due to illness and old age, with his replacement, Military-Governor Simon Quade, proving to be a much more tightfisted administrator and far more vigorous in the use of inspectors and spies than his predecessor. 'Auld Cannon-Forged 'n' ah wur guid mukkers. We hud an understanding, Governor. Ah hawp ye 'n' ah kin git alang weel tae,' the [i]Rhig[/i] had told him during their first official meeting. It did not seem like things were going to swing that way, however. Quade swiftly managed to obtain copies of certain royal treasury ledgers and shipyard manifests, and while Quade did not connect all the dots on Sidara stockpiling ship timbers and naval building supplies (being a landed noble, not a navy man), he did pick up the financial irregularities and began implementing new taxes. Resistance to these was immediate. Unaware that the Governor had somehow gained sensitive financial information, Aenfys insisted that these taxes were beyond his nation's ability to pay. The Military-Governor rejected these protestations and revealed the ledgers to the [i]Rhig[/i]. Infuriated at these clear fabrications, the [i]Rhig[/i] petitioned the Throne of Anvegad to dismiss the Military-Governor for grave breaches of good conduct and decorum, as well as attempting to engage in spying and espionage activities. Even as he did so, he ordered an unprecedented amount of funds to be redirected from the treasury towards military expansion. Eventually this pattern of events would lead to Quade being recalled to Anvehold in 1720 for a "personal accounting of his actions" in an overt gesture of bringing an errant governor to heel. But it was in fact by Quade's direction in order to personally deliver a detailed report to the Throne and Admiralty with further ledger and military supply details he was able to acquire before departing. While it was meant to be a simple situation report and explanation, it became a formal inquest as professional navy officers realised what the pattern of discrepancies, shortages in specific parts of the tribute, and oddities in the merchant marine really meant: Sidara was rearming under their noses and attempting to prepare for a massive surge of shipbuilding. Quade would be ordered back to Sidara, this time with a larger peacekeeping flotilla and three regiments of veteran troops to reinforce the garrison, and orders to make the upstart [i]Rhig[/i] know his place. The increased garrison and rise in Anvegadian naval activities in the sea around the Isles was received with an odd silence from the [i]Rhig[/i], and for a few months all was tense and quiet. When an early-morning raid was conducted on a secret meeting of 'Sidarid conspirators' in Glenmagar by the Military-Governor's forces, it was only a matter of time before a revenge-strike was conducted - the Military-Governor's palace was subjected to arson not a month later. He was not present there at the time, but the low-level acts of sabotage and insurrection had begun. It was oddly reminiscent of the period preceding the Sidarid war of liberation. Suspecting that the [i]Rhig[/i] was somehow behind this growing insurrection, the Military-Governor demanded he put an immediate stop to it. 'Whit kin ah dae, Governor? A'm yer jimmy 'ere, na yin listens tae me.' The response was greater crackdowns, night-time raids, and arbitrary arrests. The [i]Rhig[/i] himself was subjected to temporary house-arrest, but the uproar this caused in Glenmagar alone quickly convinced Military-Governor Quade not to take that step quite yet. Nevertheless, he was determined to break this upstart [i]Rhig[/i], and break once and for all the spirit of these island barbarians. Quade decided to take decisive action in 1725 when he uncovered proof that the treasury was directly funding some oversized merchantmen at Baena's Bay with the diverted surpluses from the "lost" tribute to be deliberately easy to convert into ships-of-the-line. While dismissing the [i]Rhig's[/i] seal on the letters as mere camouflage, it was sufficient justification to send troops down to the shipyards and confiscate them. What happened next was lost in the tumult of events, strikers, angered dockworkers, and gunfire, but the end result was a third of the shipyard being burned down with half of the hulls Aenfys was counting on for the next leg of his plans. While this was a large blow to Aenfys, the Anvegadian garrison ended up divided between Quade's local garrisons and Colonel Hawkens' newer reinforcements over the handling of the situation and unwarranted damage to the productivity of Sidara to Anvegad's Empire. If the [i]Rhig[/i] wanted to try something, now was the time, ready or not. The new year came quietly, but it brought with it a tidal wave of clans and human flesh. The Children of Seihdhara raised the war banner high.[/hider][/indent] [*]1726-30 CE[indent]Third Anvego-Sidarid War. Sidara regains complete independence. [hider=Detail]Though a considerable portion of his fleet had been destroyed at Baena's Bay, [i]Rhig[/i] Aenfys was confident that the many ships he had ordered built with funnelled money would be more than sufficient for the coming bloodshed. His unilateral reneging on the vassalage agreement with Anvegad was followed by a rallying call to the clans, delivered in an impassioned speech at the [i]Duthchas[/i]. If his people would not rise up with him, then all would be lost. But he need not have doubted. Sidarids hated nothing more than enslavement, and a call to war was never going to be met with rejection - especially not one of freedom against the hated Anvegadians. Cadfael would be avenged. Glenmagar was the first to be cleansed of Anvegadian presence, and Military-Governor Quade's head was raised high as a battle-standard as the [i]Rhig's[/i] regiments of warrior clansmen marched out to unite with the various other forces gathering to fight once more for Sidarid freedom. Mobilising at far quicker speeds than the Anvegadians could get troops to the Isles, and with various clan chiefs forming their own clan armies and carrying out independent strikes against Anvegadian naval and military bases, Aenfys arrived at the port of Fife-Aena-Seaside in time to witness a major naval engagement between Anvegadian and Etremaden fleets. With the Anvegadians distracted at sea, the [i]Rhig[/i] was able to review his navy and have the necessary alterations made and artillery pieces installed for them to carry out the military functions they were always intended for. 'A'm Aenfys son o' Cadfael o' Clan Esher. Gang back tae Anvegad ye lowlund dugs 'n' tell yer masters this- Sidara is aye free.' With Anvegad embroiled in war with Etresna, Aenfys was able to sit tight and reorganise his forces, and by 1730 any Anvegadian illusions of reinstating the vassalage agreement were long gone.[/hider][/indent] [*]1735-1820 CE[indent]The Sidarid Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution, during which clan-companies arise.[hider=Detail]The first clan-company - Clan-Company Guinn - is established in 1757. Inspired to a great degree by Faenarian trading and financial practice as witnessed a hundred years back, as well as by an explosion of cultural and intellectual production in the years following 1730 that would become known as the Sidarid Enlightenment (1735-1820). Clan-Company Guinn paves the way forth by opening Sidara up to trade for the first time since the Faenarian expeditions of 1632-1663 CE. Faenarian expeditions had for long since ceased and were only now beginning anew. The Clan-Company, as a concept, was radical and innovative in one major way: it had a strong communal foundation that ensured exceptionally low labour costs - essentially free labour. This was because the entire clan, under the chief's overall leadership, owned the company in common and its riches and success went towards the clan as a whole rather than to individuals. The clan-company is essentially a family business on a baffling scale, made possible by Sidara's highly developed and closely protected clan system. This meant that a clan-company could enjoy far lower start-up costs, contributing to its immediate popularity and success in Sidara. By 1780 nearly every Sidarid clan had set up a clan-company. The Englightenment and the rise of clan-companies as the foundation of Sidara's modern economy would contribute to the unprecedented and meteoric rise of Sidara economically and politically, taking it from an agrarian economy to one of the first industrialised nations in the world, leading and competing in multiple areas. This expansion saw Sidara re-establish relations with Faenaria, with a Faenarian embassy being the first foreign embassy to be set up on Isle Taobh-Amuigh in Sidara's history. Trade between the two nations started up anew and was very different from the first phase - this time Sidarid clan-companies were in complete control of what entered and what left their island hame. Exposure to Faenarian banking and financial institutions would also inspire the setting up of Sidarid domestic banks. During this period Sidara's naval innovations began to come to light and Faenaria first began to contract Sidarid clan-companies to build naval vessels for its military. This long-running partnership continues to the present.[/hider][/indent] [*]1784 CE[indent]The [i]Cumannfil[/i], Sidara's bardic order, welcomes visual artists of all stripes into its ranks and permits their presence at the annual [i]Tionilfil[/i], the national gathering of poets and musicians that has taken place since time immemorial.[/indent] [*]1801-4 CE[indent]The Etramaden invasion of Kratoria is initiated and eventually repelled by the Kratorians with heavy losses on both sides. The ensuing peace treaty saw Etresna agree to discontinue imperial ambitions in the north. And so the mountain-nation turns its eyes towards the crumbling Anvegad and its southern neighbours.[/indent] [*]1817 CE[indent]The Great Game between Sidara, Anvegad, and Etresna begins. [hider=Detail]The Great Game between Sidara, Anvegad, and Etresna begins. With its ambitions of expansion to the north effectively halted, Etresna, limited by treaty from expansion northwards, turned its gaze elsewhere, seeking to expand its influence in the south through concession regimes, the establishment of influential consulates, different forms of indirect rule and, ultimately, direct rule. At first very subtle, by the late 1820s the policy had garnered the attention of both Anvegad and Sidara who expressed their concerns about Etramaden policy in the region. This would ultimately lead to the 1833 Glenmagar Conference aimed at delineating spheres of influence and protecting the Anvegadian and Etremaden interests in the region, as well as the various financial interests of Sidara's clan companies, which had set about incorporating ancient Sidarid clans and territories piecemeal by expanding their economic presence on the claimed islands.[/hider][/indent] [*]1833 CE[indent]The Glenmagar Conference to discuss a resolution to the Great Game tensions fails. [hider=Detail]The Glenmagar Conference to discuss Great Game tensions and negotiate a spheres of influence agreement. Despite an initially promising start, the Conference would ultimately be a failure due to the rejection of Etramaden demands in the region, as well as the already present conflicts between Sidara and Anvegad with regards to the legitimacy of the territorial gains Sidara's clan companies had made. Sidara has always insisted these were primordial Sidarid territories and used the fact that Sdarid clans dwelled there as overwhelming evidence and justification for its 'national unification' project.[/hider][/indent] [*]1834-59 CE[indent]Etresna initiates a more aggressive policy of expansion to dominate and gain power over the various nations in the region. Anvegad and Sidara pursue their own policies to counter-act the power that had risen in the east. [hider=Detail]With the failure of the Conference, and with both Anvegad and Sidara now fully aware of Etremaden ambitions in the region, Etresna initiates a more aggressive policy of expansion to dominate and gain power over the various nations and territories in the region. Seeing that diplomacy has failed, Anvegad pursues its own policy to counter-act the power that had risen in the east, while Sidara attempts to consolidate and protect its claimed possessions.[/hider][/indent] [*]1860-66 CE[indent]By 1859, Great Game tensions come to a head and a three-way war breaks out between Etresna, Anvegad, and Sidara. The war swiftly devolves into an anti-Sidarid coalition that sees the [i]Righachd[/i] soundly defeated. [hider=Detail]The War for Guinn Honour By 1859, Great Game tensions came to a head and a three-way war breaks out between Etresna, Anvegad, and Sidara. The stroke that broke the camel's back was the sinking of a trading flotilla of Clan-Company Guinn by unidentified ships. Clan-Company Guinn accused Etresna of treachery, but the accusations were flatly denied and compensation for the lives and possessions lost was refused. Sidarid honour and the security of its shipping demanding swift retribution, Sidara declared war on Etresna and initiated a furious war on the sea. With its empire crumbling seemingly beyond repair at this point as one client state broke away after another, and bitter about the manner in which Sidrara pursued its so-called national unification projects through its clan companies, thus threatening Anvegad's strategic coaling ports, Anvegad saw this war as its chance to hold onto its dominions and reassert its political power against the upstarts. Thus, it soon initiated a military intervention followed by parallel campaigns to assault neighboring former vassals that thought playing the Great Game's other major powers would suffice for their protection and continued independence. This development came as a shock to Sidarid high command. While Anvegad was ever a threat on the sea, Sidara had for long considered its capacity to engage in full-scale war stunted and so did not think it concievable for the waning Empire to strike. The expansion of the war into a general regional conflict had been the last of Sidara's wishes and, suddenly embroiled in war with two powerful foes, it chose to position its navy defensively and deploy forces to its island possessions. With Anvegad entering the fray, an offensive war on the sea was no longer sound strategy. Thus, rather than a clash against Etresna, the first major engagement of the war was between the Anvegadian and Sidarid navies. Experimental Anvegadian monitors clashed with Sidara's conventional steam frigates and, in a turn of events that sent shockwaves throughout Sidara's naval bosses, annihilated a great number of Sidarid warships. The strange new ships seemed completely invulnerable to cannonfire and were able to both ram and fire at their larger opponents. Fearful of engaging in further naval battles before they could properly counteract these small, swift monitors, the Sidarid fleets remained largely docked. Thise allowed the s'Etremaden to take the offensive - appearing to have reached some kind of tentative understanding with the Anvegadians - and land troops on numerous islands boasting significant Clan Guinn interests as well as Sidarid populations. Despite being outnumbered by masses of Sidarid troops deployed to defend these islands, the s'Etremaden proved their artillery capabilities once again and were able to repeatedly force the Sidarids from the field with ferocious bombardment. By 1861, Sidara was able to deploy its first experimental broadside ironclads to counteract Anvegadian monitors. Though the first encounter between these iron behemoths ended in stalemate, Sidarid confidence in their capacity to protect their waters was restored. With Sidara's larger ironclads forcing Anvegad's monitors from the field, attempts were made to dislodge the Etremaden from the various islands they had managed to occupy. The result was disappointment and defeat for Sidara. In late 1863, Sidara launched a bold operation intended to land troops on Anvegadian soil and make use of Sidarid superiority on land to swiftly force the crumbling Empire out of the war. However, the Sidarids found that the Anvegadians and s'Etremaden had amassed their fleets and lay in wait for them. The ensuing engagement was the largest of the conflict and would be disastrous for the Sidarids. Pressing their advantage, the Anvegadians and Etremaden launched landing operations on the remaining contested islands. Meeting with stiff resistance, it would take two years of grueling operations to forcefuly pry the islands from Sidarid hands. Finding itself in an exceedingly vulnerable position, Sidara finally relented and accepted a humiliating peace that saw a huge number of islands restored to Sidarid control by Clan-Companies surrendered to Anvegad and Etresna. Despite these successes and the strategic islands gained, Anvegad was hurt tremendously by the war and, anger and economic hardship spilling out at last, would experience revolution in 1869.[/hider][/indent] [*]1869-1871 CE[indent]Anvegadian Civil War rages. Sidara supports the military and collectivist factions. At the end of the war Sidara regains all islands Anvegad conquered in the War for Guinn Honour [hider=Detail]While Anvegad was successful on the battlefield and on the high seas against Etresna and Sidara, it was a hollow victory for an increasingly hollow empire. Foreign wars were draining manpower and wealth as the Valorgarde royal family were committed to holding all their colonial territories in an increasingly iron-fisted rule. War-weariness from decades of colonial conflicts were taking their toll, not helped by the bloodlust of the Valorgardes against their enemies both foreign and domestic. The breaking point for the people of Anvegad was “the year without summer”, when the Anvegad territories were subject to unusual weather changes that severely limited the growing season. Yet no relief was made and the Valorgardes ceased neither their noble lives nor the relentless lockdown on the colonies despite taking food from the reserves at home. Coupled with news of atrocities afar and fears of the Kingdom going down a path it could never redeem itself from, multiple rebellions broke out across the Empire. Weeks into the Anvegadian crisis, Sidara continued to watch the developments with interest. The political and military classes had yet to decide a course of action, however... The largest urban faction of the Anvegadian rebellion, led by the "Enlightenment", had taken and now held the industrial city of Ferrum despite a crackdown by the Valorgarde loyalists. With it, they secured both the largest bastion of Anvegad industry, the biggest spell-cannon forges, and a crucial trade hub. They sent messengers to other nations to declare their intent to overthrow the Valorgardes and set Anvegad on a new course as a Republic. Receiving this message, Sidara mobilised its navy, seeking to secure its waters against all Anvegadian vessels. Sidarid high command suspected the revolution would soon spread to the Anvegadian navy and wished to be prepared. Initially supportive of the demonstrations against the royal family, the Etremaden Realm had been largely silent for weeks as unrest plagued Anvegad. With the capture of Ferrum and the declaration of the "Enlightenment" faction, Etresna announced its recognition of the 'New Government of Anvegad'. The Raijen ordered massive food shipments readied for distribution to the populace of Enlightenment-held regions, and sent copious funds to the revolutionaries. Militias and professional military forces were mobilised, and the Second Fleet was redeployed to the southern coast in anticipation of support actions against the Royal Fleet. Alarmed by Etresna's movements, Sidara warned against meddling in the internal affairs of Anvegad. The Realm rebuked the statements of Sidara, pointing to their lack of military involvement in the revolution. The Raijen made a statement indicating the deployment of the second fleet is a security measure to protect famine relief shipments and called into question Sidara's objection to the Realm feeding a hungry civilian populace. Sidara responded by highlighting that the mobilisation of militias indicated a less than humanitarian bent to Etresna's involvement. It requested that Etresna pledge to remain militarily uninvolved in the Anvegadian conflict. Meanwhile, the Royal Anvegad fleet largely remained loyal to the Valorgardes and withdrew from all fronts to concentrate as a Fleet in Being at the home territories. In the process it stranded a large number of army troops in Anvegad's colonies, particularly those of "unreliable" loyalty. In response to the withdrawal of the navy, one of the contested island garrisons staffed by the notorious elite 442nd Infantry came to its Sidaran counterpart force on the island with an offer: "Give us sealift back to the mainland, anywhere on the mainland, and we'll get to fighting the real enemy. You'll never see us again, one way or the other. We're done fighting for a king not worth the title." Other stranded Anvegad troops soon make similar offers to nearby Sidaran units or passing warships exploiting the lack of Anvegad warships Receiving such missives from the Anvegadians, the Sidarid military ignored them. However, private Sidarid fleets belonging to various Clan-Companies swiftly began offering to transport these regiments back to the mainland. The Sidarid-Etremaden diplomatic spat continued with Etresna refusing to make any pledge of the nature Sidara requested, and affirmed its commitment to the success of the revolutionary state in the north of Anvegad. It made clear that should the Revolutionary Government request, military aid was immediately available. But until such time the Realm's forces will not step foot within Anvegadian borders. Simultaneously, the Realm calls out Sidaran naval action in Anvegadian waters. Arriving in regiments and companies, the Anvegad colonial troops transported by Sidara's clan-companies land in various places in southern Anvegad and rally under General Garroway into a fighting force. Sidara makes clear to Etresna that its ships are not active in Anvegadian waters but have only moved into its own and international waters to secure them against piracy. It makes clear that it does not recognise the 'revolutionary state' and once more requests that Etresna respect Anvegad's internal affairs and sovereignty. The Enlightenment faction accepts Etremaden aid, but is hesitant to accept military aid due to both the likely costs of getting it through the Anvegad navy and the need to legitimise their own rebellion. For now, food and lines of funding are sufficient to arm a new model army against the Valorgarde loyalists Etresna points to the acceptance of the Revolutionary Government of Etremaden aid, and declares that Sidara's lack of recognition of the new government is irrelevant to its actual control of the region and legitimacy. Individually, the two rebel groups are still outnumbered and outgunned by the Valorgarde loyalists. But qualitatively, they have more professional forces than the royalists. A series of battles open up as the loyalists fight on two fronts to hold their home territory. Then a third faction emerges from the unrest and chaos in the form of several Collectivist rebel groups in the rural lands. While lacking the concentrated force or legitimacy of Garroway's troops or Enlightenment's support base, they undermine and sap the royalists strength. However a spree of atrocities against the nobility and rich proceed to sour relations with the other Anvegad rebels. Etresna condemns the massacres of nobility and rich at the Collectivist hands, declaring that whilst many are no doubt guilty of great crimes against the people, their punishment without due process is a grave crime, and the Collectivist faction must cease such actions. Nefarious privateers begin targeting Etremaden shipping. Sidara wholly condemns this and suggests that these are Anvegadian mutineers. Sidara, in secret communications, encourages Garroway to establish connections with the Collectivists, supplying his faction with extra weapons, munitions, and foodstuff. General Garroway grudgingly uses the extra supplies as "recommended" and hunts down the most reliable cluster of Collectivists to support. Ultimately he selects the cells led by Kamina Farell, granting them explosives and arms in exchange for her keeping the rest of the Collectivists in line or dealing with those that push it too far. In response to the targeting of Etremaden shipping, the Second Fleet is deployed on escort duty alongside all Etremaden commerce vessels. All warships are instructed to open fire on any foreign vessel with hostile intent. The Raijen, in turn, condemns the attacks and makes it clear the Realm will not hesitate to return fire. The privateers prove extremely skilful - a testament to Anvegadian naval power - and challenge Etremaden warships in very well-organised fleets and squadrons. Inspired by reports of these "unnamed privateers" an Anvegadian naval squadron also attempts a convoy raid, despite holding orders from command. Sidara offers Etresna aid in dealing with these renegade privateers and suggests it decrease its aid to the Enlightenment until the privateers are completely dealt with to make things easier. Etresna rebukes Sidara, calling into question the timing and nature of these attacks. Escort strength is increased, and merchant convoys are grouped together with the protection of powerful ships of the line. In its own secret messages with the Enlightenment faction, Etresna pushes the Revolutionary leaders to accept greater contributions from the Realm. The Raijen indicates the full might of the Second Fleet is available for direct action or support against the Royalists, and the Realm's best artillery crews are on standby should the Revolution need them. Meanwhile, the mysterious unnamed privateers attempt to establish links with the Royalists so as to begin coordinating their strikes with them. The overeager Anvegad navy squadron finds and attempts to engage an Etremaden convoy, which in the process of intercepting due to a light fog fail to realize they're running into an Etremaden battleship that was returning from refit. Less than half of the squadron manages to escape, and the flagship falls into Etresnan hands. This includes a logistics and patrol table for most of Anvegad's remaining active ports supplying the loyalist navy. Meanwhile, Royalist warships are disinclined to heed outsiders such as these mystery privateers, not helped by "Special Advisors" dispatched by the Valorgardes to keep an eye on their actions. A few officers that do try to coordinate actions begin disappearing shortly after. These privateers then occupy many of the islands abandoned by Garroway's regiments and begin carrying out more and more complex raids and strikes against the Etremaden navy. 'Privateer' forces now resemble a navy more and more. They no longer shy away from engaging heavy Etremaden formations with their own heavy ships. Meanwhile, Clan-Companies continue supplying Garroway and his Collectivist allies with food, munitions, and weapons, and various private Sidarids present themselves for service as 'mercenaries' and 'advisors' Etremaden naval command indicates its will to use its full force against the Privateer fleets, and the Realm openly questions the true nature of these privateers, making it clear the Realm is under no delusions as to their solely Anvegadian nature. The Raijen affirms that there will be no direct military action within Anvegadian territory until specifically requested by the Enlightenment government. Garroway's army politely declines foreign mercenaries in public but steers their representatives to Kamina Farell to stiffen the now less-rabid Collectivists. Meanwhile the Enlightenment faction makes contact with Garroway and Farrell to plan a major action when Etresna forwards the captured logistics documents to the Enlightenment, a major offensive to knock out the port cities that remain royalist backbones and undercut the logistics of the royalist navy. The 'private' Sidarids now serving with Kamina Farell focus on training and drilling her forces to ensure they are a more lethal force. In secret communications, the Etremaden government urges the Enlightenment government to accept Etremaden military aid, offering to deploy 500,000 combat troops and their best artillery teams. Aware of the impending rebel offensive, and viewing its privateer operation as having been a success, Sidara declares its intent to destroy the privateers occupying territory so close to its own. The campaign 'lasts a month' after which the islands are firmly under Sidarid control. Enlightenment leadership send a preliminary agreement for Etremaden direct aid, particularly in heavy artillery to crack the port defenses, pending sufficient openings in the naval blockade to safely get them through. However Garroway catches wind of the request and decides to begin the offensive before Etresnan reinforcements arrive. To the surprise of many, Garroway succeeds in punching through the largest royalist army group with the aid of Collectivist saboteurs and smashing the Ports of Niccolum and Kalium while the bulk of the navy was away attempting to stall the Etresnan landing forces. Etremaden fleets immediately mobilise, ambushing and destroying an Anvegadian naval squadron, before steaming for the main ports of Anvegad. Sidara officially proclaims its support for Garroway and his Collectivist allies. The Etremaden land forces, already mobilized and needing only permission, arrive faster than many expected, and upon landing commence an assault from the north. Sidara condemns and decries unequivocally Etresna's invasion of Anvegad. Enlightenment forces cooperate with the Etresnan landing troops, but run into Royalist reserve units held back in preparation for such a foreign intervention that try to contain the intrusion to the coast. In the process though, it gives Garroway a path straight to the capital of Anveholm, if he can get past the ancient fortress of Anvegarde. Sidara mobilises its entire navy and blockades Anvegad, preventing further Etremaden landings or aid from reaching the nation by sea. Etremaden heavy artillery crushes through fortifications previously thought impregnable, and the Realm's army advances at breakneck speed, racing towards the Capital in direct competition with Garroway. Etresna condemns Sidaran action, and informs Sidara that any blocking of their ships will be considered an act of war. The Etremaden missive does not reach Sidara, ‘unfortunately’. With only a single functional port base and effectively no reserves of coal or manastone, the remaining Anvegad navy is an effective nonentity at this phase of the conflict at sea. Large numbers of sailors surrender to Anvegad rebel forces. The Realm openly declares that any forces stopping Etremaden shipping in the region will be considered hostile, and such action will be considered an act of war. Battleships and other naval vessels escort large flotillas of cargo and troop ships, and they commence an assault on the major port city of Cupernum. Sidarid vessels continue their peaceful blockade, despite the advancing Etremaden vessels and Etresna's threats. Supplies to Garroway and his allies are increased many times over. He is encouraged to seal the conflict and convince the Enlightenment to join with him and officially request Etresna leave. Garroway eventually succeeds in breaking through Anvegarde with a heavy siege howitzer and an experimental combustion spell, reaching the outskirts of Anveholm a day before the Enlightenment/Etresnan forces. With enemies at the gates, the Valorgardes refuse to surrender and call for a heroic stand of all royalist forces. Instead, one of the Royal Guards stabs the king in the back. With the capital's defenses in disarray, Garroway dispatches the 442nd to take the royal family into custody. In the process he has to foil a Collectivist scheme to kill them all (not authorized by Farrell). Enlightenment leadership call for a cease-fire and call to negotiation to resolve the civil war. Sidara offers to host the peace talks at Glenmagar and calls for an immediate ceasefire until they are complete. Etremaden forces adopt a forced march stance, arriving at the Capital in the midst of the conflict, and prepare for their own assault, as battleships close in on the coast. The Raijen also calls for peace, suggesting talks be held in Pohae, the traditionally neutral negotiating ground. Garroway agrees to peace and cease-fire, though requesting talks be held at Ferrum to avoid being separated from his troops. Sidara supports Garroway's call for peace talks at Ferrum. Garroway strong-arms Farrell into the Ferrum peace talks, and the Enlightenment are happy to host alongside Sidaran and Etremaden representatives. The Anvegad factions come to an understanding of avoiding the sins of the past, though the exact nature of the post-war government runs into hiccups as Farrell dismisses the initial Enlightement republic model as too idealistic, while Garroway is found to have thought little of the post-war society besides wanting to avoid senseless wars. As an overture to playing nice with other nations, Garroway offers to hand over the Crown Prince and Second Prince to Sidara to stand trial for all the crimes Anvegad had committed against Sidara (plus a not-inconsiderable list of crimes from the second prince in very recent history), while sending the Queen and princesses to the Enlightenment or Etresna for their own judgement (albeit to a lesser degree as the Dalmances were just married into the Valorgardes), pending a final peace treaty to his satisfaction Etresna declines to host judicial hearings of the Queen and Princesses, declaring that the crimes of the Royal Family should be tried by their countrymen, and no other. Sidara applauds Etresna's stance and commends them for recognising that Anvegad has never committed any crimes against Etresna worthy of being tried. Sidara thanks Garroway for recognising the crimes of the Anvegadian royal family against Sidara and agrees to try the Prince and Second-Prince Etresna condemns Sidaran action, declaring that, while the Royal Family committed many offences against the Realm, the magnitude of their foreign infractions is vastly overshadowed by those within Anvegad. Sidara is offended by Etresna's stance and suggests it read into Sidarid history before preaching. The Raijen calls for all trials of the royal family to be held within Anvegad, declaring that the crimes of the father do not carry on to the child, and that trying the current family for grievous offences in the past is morally and legally repugnant. To which Garroway replies "got plenty of rope to hang them within their own lifetimes if we're just going by that measure.” The Realm concurs with Garroway, but insists that if the Royal Family will be executed or otherwise punished, it be carried out for their own crimes. Sidara releases a statement expressing great respect and admiration for the Raijen's opinion. But also states that it will, on this occasion, eschew and refrain from following her well-meaning and sage advice. A compromise government plan is eventually put together, keeping the original Enlightenment plan to have a parliamentary monarchy with the Roland family at its head as a limited monarch, but throwing out plans for any form of hereditary appointment in parliament as Garroway actively fights any apparent effort to preserve noble privilege. Sidara puts the matter of the occupied islands on the table. It requests that the Anvegadian revolutionaries consider the return of Sidara's pre-1860 war islands to Sidara, and Sidara offers to return all other islands it has occupied during the civil war to Anvegad In secret communications, Etresna indicates its support of democratic governmental appointment, insisting that hereditary power cannot end well. They point to the Royal Family in question, asking if such terrible strife would have been averted had they not held such power based solely on their lineage. Enlightenment and military factions agree to Sidara, though many consider it a largely symbolic gesture as between the damage to the navy and the withdrawal of troops Anvegad can't hold onto them anyway Enlightenment leaders are loath to be reduced in status even in victory, but the scope of their war debts is enough to make a majority accept a largely symbolic nobility in order to offload those debts onto the state than themselves. Noble privilege is reduced, though they keep lands and titles as well-off individuals. Lands of the nobility that remained loyalist are split among the Enlightenment and some notable military personnel Collectivists recognize the manoeuvre for what it is and begin to harden in anti-Etresnan mentality. Garroway is satisfied with the two-way deal needed to get the Enlightenment to finally step off the path that risked one day causing another Anvegad mad king. Particularly in the lockdown of noble patronage into the military. Throughout the negotiation process, Sidara makes no secret of its friendly disposition towards Garroway and the Collectivists, the Enlightenment having been effectively sidelined with the removal of their substantive aristocratic privileges. Viewing the military and collectivist factions as the more likely future governments, it delivers a number of declarations of friendship and understanding, as well as pledges of trade and military support. Sidarid naval forces are withdrawn and the blockade ended, Sidarid sailors wave at the Etremaden ships as they head home. Some wave privateer flags about. Etresna affirms its own allegiance with the urban Enlightenment faction, signing a treaty pledging future food shipments should famine strike again. Etresna offers significant economic investment in Anvegad's urban reconstruction and economic development. While both Sidaran and Etremaden offers are considered, discussion of reconstruction and reorganization of representation sparks a new problem as representatives of the western and southern Anvegad territories speak up Former lands conquered by Anvegad and largely spared from the civil war, instead of further ties to foreign powers they called for referendums to split off and return to being their own states instead of being associated with a new Anvegad state Ultimately the Enlightenment and Garroway both accede to their requests for public votes on separation from Anvegad, though Farrell and various minor rebel factions and members within the major groups grumble at both the reasons for separation (such as a few wanting to revert to being minor kingdoms with their noble titles intact or wanting to distance themselves from the debts of the civil war) as well as the lack of solidarity.[/hider][/indent] [*]1865-1873 CE[indent]Etresna and Kratoria engage in a colonial war over various islands across the globe.[/indent] [*]1867-1873 CE[indent]Etresna engages in a programme of land seizures, infrastructural development, and population transfer on the Nine Isles it conquered from Sidara. These 'undeveloped' lands that Etresna seizes are in fact clan lands. The Etremaden do not understand this, and the subsequent outrage from the local population as well as the Sidarid government is not given much notice. Sidara begins aligning itself with Kratoria, contacting Faenaria for support in its efforts to build-up for a liberation war, and attempts to woo Uruk's favour by investing in its arms and heavy industry. By 1873 Sidara's navy and armies are fully prepared to join Kratoria in its war against Etresna, and Sidarid technological support and economic investment means the Uruk military has developed rifled weaponry and more modern war tactics.[/indent] [*]1873-1877 CE[indent]The Kratorian-Etremaden war expands into the War of the Fourth Coalition, with Uruk and Faenaria joining Sidara and Kratoria in a war to contain the increasingly threatening and expansionist Etremaden. The war rages for years and involves harrowing naval engagements. By the end of it the once-proud Etremaden navy has been much reduced and Etresna begins a shipbuilding programme. However by this point the war had taken its toll on the population who were increasingly war weary. Still undefeated and able to fight for many years yet, Etresna finally sued for peace out of respect for its people's weariness. The Sidarid Nine Isles were returned according to a status quo ante bellum. This would involve the transfer of Etremaden populations back to Etresna over a one-year period. Wishing to be done with the war, the Etremaden hastily negotiated the matter of the various isles with Faenaria and Kratoria, surrendering some and holding onto others.[/indent] [*]1910 CE[indent]Present[/indent][/list][/hider] [list][*]Clan Aelric; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://thumbs.imagekind.com/234263_650/James-Morgan-Scottish-Highlander-Kenneth-MacLeay_art.jpg?v=1491776812]Cathaoir[/url] of Clan Aelric [*]Clan Agalvae; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://thumbs.imagekind.com/366728_650/John-Brown-Manservant-to-Queen-Victoria-MacLeay_art.jpg?v=1491808141]Alasdaer[/url] of Clan Agalvae [*]Clan Agronae; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6a/12/66/6a1266ed15695da5d7ba3b94618a99be--celtic-clothing-scotland-castles.jpg]Braendin[/url] of Clan Agronae [*]Clan ap-Dhugael; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w1200h1200/NTS/NTS_BROE_73_29.jpg]Padraeg[/url] of Clan ap-Dhugael [*]Clan ap-Entosh; The Much Honoured Chief [url=http://kleinburd.ru/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/82626181_original.jpg]Eoin[/url] of Clan ap-Entosh [*]Clan ap-Fhinnan; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/originals/30/26/e7/3026e7dc3d26700c28b9edfa85276ea8.jpg]Somhairle[/url] of Clan ap-Fhinnan [indent]Clan ap-Fhinnan o' Iwan; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/GyYjFty.jpg?2]Maol-Choluim[/url] of Clan ap-Fhinnan o' Iwan[/indent] [*]Clan ap-Filigan; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/h1fIgYc.jpg?2]Dhomas[/url] of Clan ap-Filigan [indent]ap-Filigan o' th'Reaches; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/NPtbkKQ.jpg?2]Saenlig[/url] of Clan ap-Filigan o' th'Reaches ap-Filigan o' Balmaen; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/85/01/7e/85017e673a2ba409a6cb38edc7c61cf6.jpg]Paedin[/url] of Clan ap-Filigan o' Balmaen[/indent] [*]Clan ap-Gwynnud; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/ROKwCFP.jpg?2]Oeghan[/url] of Clan ap-Gwynnud [indent]ap-Gwynnud o' Caernmowni; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/rkgOn2a.jpg?2]Mathghaemhain[/url] of Clan ap-Gwynnud o' Caernmowni ap-Gwynnud o' Caluk; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/dDHMHZv.jpg?1]Faerdorcha[/url] of Clan ap-Gwynnud o' Caluk ap-Gwynnud o' Clagduff; The Much Honoured Chief [url=http://clan-macnab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/macnab.jpg]Toirdhealbhach[/url] of Clan ap-Gwynnud o' Clagduff[/indent] [*]Clan ap-Ilinray; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/2MfRu3m.jpg?2]Riochard[/url] of Clan ap-Ilinray [indent]ap-Ilinray o' Dnabree; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/Dr54mZP.jpg?2]Raemonn[/url] of Clan ap-Ilinray o' Dnabree[/indent] [*]Clan ap-MgGonnal; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/w1200h1200/NSC/NSC_IMAG_ITH_26.jpg]Padrhaegin[/url] of Clan ap-MgGonnal [*]Clan ap-MgOllman; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/72/96/bb/7296bb75b2dbfffda35cb0edb9a4546d.jpg]Uaithne[/url] of Clan ap-MgOllman [*]Clan ap-Olaidh; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://imgur.com/ZveKVt8]Tadhfen[/url] of Clan ap-Olaidh [*]Clan Aujvint; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/A3Zfok0.jpg?2]Feillim[/url] of Clan Aujvint [indent]Aujvint o' th'Marshes; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/nMZ3Iwb.jpg?1]Chu-Mhaedha[/url] of Clan Aujvint o' th'Marshes Laird-Aujvint; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/WE5KNeF.jpg?2]Bhaethghalloch[/url] of Clan Laird-Aujvint[/indent] [*]Clan Beltan o' Tymthean; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/fYY7qdC.jpg?2]Kaelin Laenouvor[/url] of Clan Beltan o' Tymthean [*]Clan Braeg; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/Uu5w7hf.jpg?2]Connell[/url] of Clan Braeg [indent]Braeg o' MgIlsen; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/79/1e/bf/791ebff63fff0330a3f1ce3a92650707.jpg]Chae-Caenacht[/url] of Clan Braeg o' MgIlsen Braeg o' th'Braes; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/AmRhY9K.jpg?2]Duaidhe[/url] of Clan Braeg o' th'Braes[/indent] [*]Clan Connacht; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/2UNkmry.jpg?2]Ainrie[/url] of Clan Connacht [indent]Connacht o' Cornams-Crest; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/AuNXJWh.jpg?2]Finghen[/url] of Clan Connacht o' Cornams-Crest[/indent] [*]Clan Culquown; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/54WYOdz.jpg?1]Conchobhar[/url] of Clan Culquown [*]Clan Dhaebidhe; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/4eyZeEx.jpg?1]Manghus[/url] of Clan Dhaebidhe [*]Clan Dhonnuil; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/WpqjjJw.jpg?1]Celatus[/url] of Clan Dhonnuil [indent]Dhonnuil o' Ronnuil; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/VeSqR19.jpg?2]Nuahdha[/url] of Clan Dhonnuil o' Ronnuil MgDhonals o' Glencove; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/John_Nicol_Drummond.jpg/300px-John_Nicol_Drummond.jpg]Uoltaen[/url] of Clan MgDhonals o' Glencove[/indent] [*]Clan Dochmar; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/CQNC62z.jpg?1]Vaughan[/url] of Clan Dochmar [*]Clan Esher; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://imgur.com/uzXj2nD]Kellasdindr[/url] of Clan Esher [indent]Rhiglaird Esher; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/UKX3KhX.jpg?1]Ruaidhri[/url] of Clan Rhiglaird Esher[/indent] [*]Clan Fhaerchar; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/af/a8/f3/afa8f35ac62db232de63e3c09ee87508.jpg]Gearalt[/url] of Clan Fhaerchar [*]Clan Ghillmhol; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/BurF5PC.jpg?2]Rhagnall[/url] of Clan Ghillmhol [*]Clan Ghiuari; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/cYgVOTz.jpg?1]Gealle-Mhuire[/url] of Clan Ghiuari [*]Clan Grantaeg; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/1FdboqY.jpg?3]Eiraemhon[/url] of Clan Grantaeg [*]Clan Guilibraec; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/80/81/de/8081de1b3b1077935df33f083e9534bd.jpg]Eoin[/url] of Clan Guilibraec [*]Clan Guinn; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/LaGNeoQ.jpg?1]Gealle-Chriosid[/url] of Clan Guinn [*]Clan Gweilaerth; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e4/6b/0c/e46b0c5768a2d46953dd0fede6edfb87.jpg]Lownsaech[/url] of Clan Gweilaerth [*]Clan Haiho; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/VcdCxrC.jpg?1]Fionghuine[/url] of Clan Haiho [*]Clan Laird Loamainn; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://www.fromoldbooks.org/DeanRamsay-ScottishLifeAndCharacter/pages/088-The-Shepherd/088-The-Shepherd-q95-983x1290.jpg]Anfuadan[/url] of Clan Laird Loamainn [indent]Laird Loamainn o' Fulfraen; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/D30HGJx.jpg?2]Cuamhai[/url] of Clan Laird Loamainn o' Fulfraen[/indent] [*]Clan M'Hnaen; The Much Honoured [i]Ceannard[/i] Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/ZqHx9rg.jpg?1]Cormac[/url] Niall of Clan M'Hnaen [*]Clan Maengun; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/kMYqF4S.jpg?1]Aemon[/url] of Clan Maengun [*]Clan Mawleh; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/XITOBHS.jpg?2]Gealle-Bhaethain[/url] of Clan Mawleh [*]Clan MgCrae; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/gUr9coX.jpg?2]Faehrghus[/url] of Clan MgCrae [indent]Clan MgCrae o' Raeth; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/ENRg5Dc.jpg?2]Dhaemneic[/url] of Clan MgCrae o' Raeth[/indent] [*]Clan MgEwaen; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/0nIsc0f.png?1]Daethei[/url] of Clan MgEwaen [*]Clan MgGakel; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/PkWpeAT.jpg?2]Daermoidh[/url] of Clan MgGakel [*]Clan MgGrregah; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3a/ff/d4/3affd4743de53be87a90ee8db22ac455.jpg]Aechann[/url] of Clan MgGrregah [indent]MgGrregah o' Galams-Stand; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/Piu390w.jpg?3]Aenric[/url] of Clan MgGrregah o' Galams-Stand[/indent] [*]Clan MgIntsaer; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/kPBxB6R.png?1]Fhael[/url] of Clan MgIntsaer [*]Clan MgLabrinn; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/MlOs68r.jpg?2]Gaervein[/url] of Clan MgLabrinn [*]Clan MgLachlainn; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/076pPOH.jpg?2]Faolan[/url] of Clan MgLachlainn [*]Clan Mhaeridh; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRarf5Npk3QyP90qpb6U7BnwlyoltNKZKqr13nKeKEJ1HKyIdShuA]Diaermodh[/url] of Clan Mhaeridh [*]Clan Mwryfin (extinct) [*]Clan Ol Mirti; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/plUBLNM.jpg?2]Lochlainn[/url] of Clan Ol Mirti [*]Clan Oq Haert; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b0/53/4b/b0534b7eb2f98ef13aac33a3d6c10c17.jpg]Aonghus[/url] of Clan Oq Haert [*]Clan Rosaec; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2017-09/24019_half.jpg]Ruathan[/url] Muhrdhaenn of Clan Rosaec [*]Clan Sirjin; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/b0nETT7.jpg?2]Cainneach[/url] Iomhar of Clan Sirjin [*]Clan Umbruse; The Much Honoured Chief [url=https://i.imgur.com/MvugI2P.jpg?3]Fionnlagh[/url] of Clan Umbruse [indent]Umbruse o' Bruce; The Much Honoured Chief [url=http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_PCV_M/0_post_card_views_scotland_highlands_a_highland_chieftain_wrs.jpg]Muraedhach[/url] of Clan Umbruse o' Bruce[/indent][/list]